(Newer)
– Dozens of Metropolitan Police officers earlier this month at a police station in East London showed what turned out to be very expensive hairstyles. Police say the 31 officers who had their hair cut while on duty at Bethnal Green station will be fined £ 200 each, about $ 275, and the two officers who organized the session with a professional hairdresser will be investigated for misconduct, CNN reports. Hairdressers and hairdressers are not allowed to operate during the national lockdown in Britain, and Police Commissioner Cressida Dick recently announced that police would crack down on rule violators.
The officers’ commander, Detective Superintendent Marcus Barnet, said it was “very disappointing and frustrating” that they had broken the rules they had to enforce. “Although agents have donated money to charity as part of the haircut, this is no excuse for them to make a very bad decision. I expect a lot more from them,” Barnett said. Guardian. “The public rightly expects the police to be a role model in complying with the rules designed to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.” He said he hopes the fines and the misconduct investigation will prove “that the police are not immune from enforcement of the rules.” (Read more stories about the United Kingdom.)